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This patent discloses a wheel-mounted tool chest configured to keep tools in place even if the wheel-mounted tool chest is turned upside down and back upright. The tool chest may include a lid, a handle, and wheels attached to a box having a T-shape profile. The box may include socket trays and may

This patent discloses a wheel-mounted tool chest configured to keep tools in place even if the wheel-mounted tool chest is turned upside down and back upright. The tool chest may include a lid, a handle, and wheels attached to a box having a T-shape profile. The box may include socket trays and may be divided into three compartments by two partitions. A chamber plate may be removeably secured over a front chamber of the third compartment. The chamber plate may hold screwdrivers and wrenches vertically. The chamber plate may be positioned relative to the lid such that when the lid is closed, the screwdrivers and wrenches may be keep in place even if the tool chest is turned upside down and back upright.

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What is claimed is: 1. A wheel-mounted tool chest configured to keep tools in place even if the wheel-mounted tool chest is turned upside down and back upright, the wheel-mounted tool chest comprising: a box generally having a T-shape profile, where the box includes a box front, a box rear, a box r

What is claimed is: 1. A wheel-mounted tool chest configured to keep tools in place even if the wheel-mounted tool chest is turned upside down and back upright, the wheel-mounted tool chest comprising: a box generally having a T-shape profile, where the box includes a box front, a box rear, a box right side and a box left side connecting the box front to the box rear, a box bottom connected to a box upper surface by the box front, a right shelf adjacent to the box right side and a left shelf adjacent to the box left side, where the right shelf and the left shelf extend between the box front and the box rear and each is positioned at a shelf distance from the box upper surface, where the box further includes a box interior, a box height, a right socket tray on the right shelf, a left socket tray on the left shelf, where each socket tray includes vertical pegs to hold and display sockets vertically; a lid attached to the box through hinges; a handle attached to the box; wheels attached to the box; a first partition and a second partition, where both the first partition and the second partition are vertical structures that extend between the box front and the box rear to separate the box interior into a first compartment, a second compartment, and a third compartment, where the second compartment includes a first divider and a second divider positioned parallel to the first divider, where the first divider and the second divider is connected between the first partition and the second partition to create three rectangular shaped chambers within the second compartment, where the third compartment includes an I-shaped divider positioned to create four rectangular shaped chambers within the third compartment, where the four rectangular shaped chambers include a front chamber positioned adjacent to the box front; and a chamber plate removeably secured over the front chamber of the third compartment, where the chamber plate is a substantially flat sheet having plate holes configured to receive screwdrivers and hold the screwdrivers vertically and having plate slots configured to receive wrenches and hold the wrenches vertically, where the chamber plate is positioned relative to the lid such that when the lid is closed, the screwdrivers and wrenches are keep in place even if the wheel-mounted tool chest is turned upside down and back upright. 2. The wheel-mounted tool chest of claim 1, where the third compartment includes a midpoint divider positioned through a mid point of the I-shaped divider, where the four rectangular shaped chambers are six rectangular shaped chambers within the third compartment. 3. The wheel-mounted tool chest of claim 2, where the chamber plate includes eleven plate holes and two plate slots. 4. The wheel-mounted tool chest of claim 2, where the first partition and the second partition extend along the box bottom, where the first partition extends to a height that is below the right shelf and the second partition extends to a height that substantially resides at the box upper surface such that when the lid is closed, the first compartment largely is isolated from both the second compartment and the third compartment and the second compartment is not isolated from the third compartment. 5. The wheel-mounted tool chest of claim 3, where the six rectangular shaped chambers include four rectangular shaped chambers "A" and one rectangular shaped chamber "B," where each of the four rectangular shaped chambers "A" have a similar cross sectional area and a ratio of a cross sectional area of rectangular shaped chamber "B" to that of a cross sectional area of rectangular shaped chamber "A" approximately is 2.4:1. 6. The wheel-mounted tool chest of claim 4, where the first compartment includes a volume that is larger than both a volume of the second compartment and a volume of the third compartment. 7. The wheel-mounted tool chest of claim 4, where each of the three rectangular shaped chambers of the second compartment has a cross sectional area that is unique as compared to the remaining rectangular shaped chambers of the second compartment. 8. The wheel-mounted tool chest of claim 4, where a ratio of the box height to the shelf distance is 4:1 to provide a snug fit for predetermined tools, where the snug fit works to keep these tools in place even if the wheeled-mounted tool chest is turned upside down and back upright. 9. The wheel-mounted tool chest of claim 4, where the handle includes a U-shaped grip piece having prongs configured to move in and out of tubes, where the tubes are hollow cylinders connected to support brackets and where the support brackets are connected to and projecting from the box rear such that the U-shaped grip piece is configured to be stored within the tubes when not in use and telescoped out of the tubes when in use. 10. The wheel-mounted tool chest of claim 4, further comprising: a lock configured to be opened and secured with a key, where the lock is position offset from a mid point between the box right side and the box left side to assist in the arrangement of compartments within the box. 11. The wheel-mounted tool chest of claim 4, where the wheels includes two wheels connected to an axle that is connected to the box rear through wheel brackets, where each wheel has a diameter approximately of eight to ten inches. 12. The wheel-mounted tool chest of claim 4, where the hinges includes springs to provide a self-opening assist once the lid is raised to a predetermined angle relative to the box upper surface, where the predetermined angle is not less than thirty degrees and not more than forty degrees. 13. The wheel-mounted tool chest of claim 4, where the right socket tray reside on the right shelf and the left socket tray resides on the left shelf such that the lid is positioned no more than ¼-inch above the right socket tray and the left socket tray to keep the vertically displayed sockets in place even if the wheeled-mounted tool chest is turned upside down and back upright. 14. The wheel-mounted tool chest of claim 4, where the I-shaped divider, the first divider of the second compartment, and the second divider of the second compartment each extend along the box bottom to substantially the same height as the first partition. 15. The wheel-mounted tool chest of claim 4, where the wheel-mounted tool chest does not include slide out drawers to minimize obstacles in direct path of needed tools such that each tool stored within the wheel-mounted tool chest according to a predetermined plan is individually and directly accessible once the lid is raised. 16. The wheel-mounted tool chest of claim 6, where the first compartment approximately measures 6×14×16 inches. 17. A wheel-mounted tool chest configured to keep tools in place even if the wheel-mounted tool chest is turned upside down and back upright, the wheel-mounted tool chest comprising: a box generally having a T-shape profile, where the box includes a box front, a box rear, a box right side and a box left side connecting the box front to the box rear, a box bottom connected to a box upper surface by the box front, a right shelf adjacent to the box right side and a left shelf adjacent to the box left side, where the right shelf and the left shelf extend between the box front and the box rear and each is positioned at a shelf distance from the box upper surface, where the box further includes a box interior, a box height, a right socket tray on the right shelf, a left socket tray on the left shelf, where each socket tray includes vertical pegs to hold and display sockets vertically; a lid attached to the box through hinges; a handle attached to the box; wheels attached to the box; a first partition and a second partition, where both the first partition and the second partition are vertical structures that extend between the box front and the box rear to separate the box interior into a first compartment, a second compartment, and a third compartment, where the second compartment includes a first divider and a second divider positioned parallel to the first divider, where the first divider and the second divider is connected between the first partition and the second partition to create three rectangular shaped chambers within the second compartment, where the third compartment includes an I-shaped divider positioned to create four rectangular shaped chambers within the third compartment, where the four rectangular shaped chambers include a front chamber positioned adjacent to the box front; and a chamber plate removeably secured over the front chamber of the third compartment, where the chamber plate is a substantially flat sheet having plate holes configured to receive screwdrivers and hold the screwdrivers vertically and having plate slots configured to receive wrenches and hold the wrenches vertically, where the third compartment includes a midpoint divider positioned through a mid point of the I-shaped divider, where the four rectangular shaped chambers are six rectangular shaped chambers within the third compartment, and where the first partition and the second partition extend along the box bottom, where the first partition extends to a height that is below the right shelf and the second partition extends to a height that substantially resides at the box upper surface such that when the lid is closed, the first compartment largely is isolated from both the second compartment and the third compartment and the second compartment is not isolated from the third compartment, where the chamber plate is positioned relative to the lid such that when the lid is closed, the screwdrivers and wrenches are keep in place even if the wheel-mounted tool chest is turned upside down and back upright. 18. The wheel-mounted tool chest of claim 17, where the first compartment includes a volume that is larger than both a volume of the second compartment and a volume of the third compartment.